WELFARE STATE FRAMEWORKS

Welfare State Frameworks

Welfare State Frameworks

Introduction

We hear the term "State" is used almost daily in news and media, but if you asked a separate definition of this can often mean different interpretations. The Oxford Dictionary defines it as "a political community is organized within a single government, and from this point of view, we live in a democratic society, this is a widespread belief that a large part of British society to elect a government, it is considered appropriate to run the country's government. Politically, many chroniclers could challenge this view, since it is based voting system, but the government is responsible for the functioning of the state as efficiently and effectively (Greenberg et al., 2002).

Market functional part of the state and is a system in which goods are produced and distributed within the economic sphere to make money. However, in modern society, the market develops and expanded its scope so it works not only locally but globally, too. Under this system, the money accumulated by the Government in taxes and NI contributions, which then in turn is redistributed through the state in providing security in the form of benefits, maintenance of the NHS. Other local facilities, which are not provided by the central government, but local authorities, are paid through the community charge. Discussion

Ideology and philosophical convictions, which are used as a basis for political theory, so from that point of view of ideology view and take into account the relationship between society, state and welfare. At the same time they look at the relationship with the explanatory "and" normative "sphere. However, what should be seen as something that society has evolved and become more complex paradigm for discussion, so, too, ideology. Marxist point of view will be completely disagreeing with this definition, when explaining the functions of the welfare state.

They believe the welfare state as a form of control, when looking at it from the point of view of logic of capital. To understand this definition, you must return to traditional Marxism which there is conflict within classes, such as Bourguiba and the proletariat, because of capitalism. In order to accumulate capital there should be some control over the working class of the owner of production. Today, neo-Marxists have remained the same principles, but expanded the explanation to make changes in society(Kent Weaver, 2000). Looking at the welfare state today, compared with the ...